Talk:Democratic socialism

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Question:[edit]

Uh.. Simple question: Why is the article about Democratic Socialism not protected? Obviously this would be the target of vandalism. Like seriously. So, how come an article about ROBLOX is extra-protected, but not the one about Democratic Socialism? Not even edit moderation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.90.245.66 (talkcontribs) 19:33, March 17, 2021 (UTC)

Europe section[edit]

The first paragraph of the Europe section seems to conflate democratic socialism with social democracy, for the most part, only talking about social democratic parties and countries that follow the Nordic model. Should this paragraph be moved to the social democracy article or perhaps removed in its entirety assuming that the aforementioned article already states this information? digiulio8 (talk) 22:49, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The entire article is largely nonsense. It's an attempt to cobble together a grandiose history for a new-ish political grouping that is, in terms of what its (mostly American) adherents believe, indistinguishable from social democracy. The reality is that the term 'Democratic socialism' really emerged in the early 90s as a way to differentiate existing Western social-democratic parties from the old Eastern bloc communist parties. It then evolved to describe the "really social-democratic" groups in opposition to the old parties that had slid to the political center. This page really should be dedicated to illustrating that semantic shift and nothing else. 82.12.128.242 (talk) 11:25, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It seems a couple people decided to dramatically change the articles on social democracy and democratic socialism with cherry picked sources to portray them as the same (despite adherents to each regularly distinguishing the two). They used to be pretty accurate articles a couple years ago, so perhaps it would be beneficial to look at previous versions and revive that essence, with additional sources. There could remain parts pointing out the conflation in recent years. Bryce Springfield (talk) 17:42, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Trotskyism?[edit]

I wouldn't have thought trotskyism would fall into this category, especially as trotsky was anti-Menshevik Sporadicmonk03 (talk) 17:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is weird. Encyclopédisme (talk) 11:39, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Differentiation between dem socialism and social democracy[edit]

more emphasis and clarity needed Sporadicmonk03 (talk) 17:37, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I, as someone who lived long enough to experience the pre-90s social democratic parties of (continental) Europe, can tell you that there is none. To me there were always two courants, reformist socialism, i.e social democracy, or whatever else you want to call that, it exists, and it worked, in Sweden, in Danemark, in Norway, for a time in Venezuela, in Bolivia, in France etc. as opposed to revolutionary socialism i.e communism, supported by the communist and Trotskyist parties of Europe. I don't get the point of over-emphasizing a difference between reformist socialist courants. Encyclopédisme (talk) 11:44, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In addition you may look at the FAQ on the top of this page, cheers. Encyclopédisme (talk) 11:51, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]